Sep 29, 2022 | Featured, Robots
Barring some exceptions, humans can’t seem to get social robots quite right. The boundary between endearing and uncanny is tricky terrain when it comes to robots that can engage with humans, answer questions, or lend a hand with chores and errands. We know that...
Sep 22, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Roads
Whether it’s barrels blocking lanes or paint lines that aren’t visible, we’ve been building and managing roads for humans who can guess and anticipate intricate situations on the roads in ways machines never will. With the impending shift to self-driving vehicles...
Sep 22, 2022 | Featured, Robots
It’s long been possible to make extremely small robots, but they usually need some form of direct external control just to operate. Cornell scientists may have solved that problem on a basic level, however. They’ve created microrobots (no...
Sep 22, 2022 | Featured, Space
The International Space Station welcomed three new residents Wednesday following a smooth Russian launch. The Soyuz capsule rocketed into orbit from Kazakhstan and, just three hours later, pulled up at the space station. American Frank Rubio checked in for a six-month...
Sep 15, 2022 | Art, Artificial Intelligence, Featured
Last week’s Colorado State Fair was the first time Jason Allen had ever competed in an arts competition. So, it was a surprise to the 39-year-old fantasy tabletop game creator that his creation, “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” won a first-place blue...
Sep 15, 2022 | Featured, Satellites, Space
More than half of the thousands of satellites in orbit are now defunct, and this accumulation of floating space debris has been described as a “fatal problem” for current and future space missions and human space travel. An estimated 130 million objects...
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